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Black Hills – Sunday Gulch
Our camper will most definitely not fit through an 8 foot 7 inch tunnel, so we hang a four-point Uey on highway 87 and find a pullout. Good fortune and some exploration brings us to the Sunday Gulch trail, a good hike through some of the rocky needles country. Parking We reach the trail We…
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Plan: Visit Deadwood, SD
Residence of another old friend.
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Back to the trailhead
And for our last day: rain! Our minds turn to ethnic food as we trudge back down the hill, then drive back to our Denver starting point. If you like, you can read posts from this two-week trip from the beginning. Back at the Trailhead Despite some difficult conditions, I love the idea of hiking…
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Book: Uncertainty / David Lindley
I’m fascinated by the huge disruptions that early 20th century discoveries in math and physics caused. The upheaval caused by Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle is definitely one, and this cogent, readable history of it is really satisfying. It’s not technical, but it provides enough explanations to make the conflicts tangible. My understanding of anecdotes like Schrödinger’s…
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Peak 13,373
We decide to take a look at the Tuhare Lakes basin. It’s an amazing place, full of giant granite blocks, cascades, lakes, and marmots. To lower Tuhare Lake Marmot Rock I see a route up the north ridge that looks encouraging, so we continue to climb, and eventually reach a small peak with incredible views.…
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Gold Park to Fall Creek Pass
As a last leg of our of trip, my dad and Ann join us for some exploratory backpacking in the wilderness area we’ve managed to walk to from Pete’s house. Gold Park Trailhead We’re not disappointed. As we climb to over Fall Creek Pass to our basecamp, big granite ridges, waterfalls, and pocket lakes abound.…
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Gold Park Rain
What do you do if you wake up to rain on a backpack trip, but you happen to have spent the night in your camper? Sit inside all day, eat, read, and drink coffee!
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Tenessee Pass to Gold Park
Ann hikes with us for a few miles, then takes off on a loop back to Tenessee Pass. We continue up a ridge dotted with lakes. West Tenessee Lakes We were planning to spend the night somewhere on this ridge, but the miles are slipping by so fast, we decide to continue down to Gold…
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Guller Creek to Tenessee Pass
We’re now following the Colorado Trail, and we start meeting more hikers. Some have been hiking the trail as long as we’ve been out, and will continue towards Durango from here. Kokomo Pass provides a nice view of the giant Climax mine, whose tailings reservoir drowned the town of Kokomo where Pete’s dad once lived…
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Gold Hill to Guller Creek
My initial round of blisters have mostly healed, so I indulge in a few miles barefoot, which feels great. Barefooting over Breckenridge Getting up high, there’s a ski area, mine, or resort town below in just about every direction. Above Breckenridge Mount of the Holy Cross is finally looking pretty close. Mount of the Holy…